妙语佳句:

They have to turn back if they can no longer reach the air如果它们得不到所需的空气。

turn back:折回, 返回

Soldiers barred the road so we had to turn back.

士兵挡住了去路，我们只好折回。

She go forward a few yards, checked and turn back.

她向前走了几码，突然停住脚步又返回来。

no longer:不再

These conditions no longer obtain.

这些条件已不复存在了。

We are a people no longer subject to foreign rule.

我们是一个不再受外国统治的民族。

Few of us will ever experience this strangely-still world,鲜有人有机会探索这个极度寂静的世界

few of:少量的

Not a few of my friends are vegetarian.

我朋友中不少人吃素。

Few of the early manuscripts have been preserved.

早期的手稿保存下来的不多。

考考你:

鲜有人有机会探索这个极度寂静的世界。

如果它们得不到所需的空气它们就得返回。

上期答案:

the most spectacular seasonal change occurring anywhere on our planet.

Humans have long felt the lure of this mysterious world